Missouri landed five players on the Southeastern Conference coaches’ preseason all-conference squad, which was released Thursday.

Senior cornerback E.J. Gaines and junior return specialist Marcus Murphy were named to the second team at their positions, while sophomore receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, senior left tackle Justin Britt and sophomore kicker Andrew Baggett were named to the third team.

Missouri landed more players on the team than four other SEC schools. Vanderbilt and Texas A each had four selections — despite finishing with better records than Missouri did last year — while Arkansas had three and Kentucky had two. Missouri also had one more selection than it did last year, when Gaines, linebacker Zaviar Gooden, receiver T.J. Moe and left tackle Elvis Fisher were all voted to the third team. However, the Tigers also joined Auburn and Kentucky as the only schools not to have a first-team selection this season.

Alabama led all SEC schools with 17 selections, more than twice as many as LSU and Georgia, who were next with eight apiece. Surprisingly, senior A.J. McCarron — the Crimson Tide’s star quarterback — finished third in the balloting behind Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray (first team) and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel (second team).